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Names of New Jersey

9,242,220 births across 8,364 different names since 1910. No name belongs to New Jersey more than Nechama.

Most concentrated in New Jersey

Names given far more often here than in the country as a whole. The multiplier is how much more concentrated the name is than the state’s size alone would predict.

Name Born here Concentration
Nechama 1,272 14.0×
Rochel 1,228 14.0×
Yaakov 1,802 12.7×
Shmuel 1,770 12.4×
Tzvi 1,258 12.3×
Yehuda 2,207 11.3×
Shlomo 1,471 10.7×
Yisroel 1,763 10.4×
Meir 1,112 10.3×
Shoshana 1,126 10.3×
Avraham 1,108 9.8×
Rivka 2,288 9.1×
Malka 1,438 9.0×
Yosef 2,204 8.6×
Yitzchok 1,213 8.6×
Mordechai 1,436 8.5×
Chaim 2,419 7.9×
Devorah 779 7.7×
Moshe 3,439 7.4×
Chana 2,442 7.3×

Most given, girls

#NameBirths
1Mary90,614
2Patricia60,220
3Barbara53,647
4Elizabeth52,170
5Jennifer47,579
6Susan43,070
7Margaret42,401
8Linda40,860
9Kathleen35,950
10Nancy34,997
11Karen34,449
12Helen34,147
13Lisa33,646
14Dorothy33,472
15Jessica32,343

Most given, boys

#NameBirths
1John198,618
2Robert172,391
3Michael170,624
4Joseph138,689
5William133,803
6James129,267
7David99,600
8Thomas95,022
9Richard89,539
10Anthony74,581
11Christopher71,264
12Daniel67,014
13Charles63,727
14Edward62,049
15Matthew59,912

Other states and the District of Columbia

Source: US Social Security Administration state baby-name files, 1910 onwards. A name given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year is not published, so a name can be more common here than the table shows. Concentration is measured against the other state files, not against national totals, which cover more years and more names.